The Pharmacy HIT Collaborative Committees and Work Groups, formerly known as PSTAC, the Pharmacist Services Technical Advisory Coalition, was founded in 2002 to improve the coding infrastructure necessary to support billing for pharmacists’ professional services. In 2012 PSTAC was restructured so that it is under the same umbrella of leadership as the Pharmacy HIT Collaborative Committees and Work Groups (PSTAC website is inactive and is for historic purposes only).
Recent Publications
- Artificial Intelligence Considerations for Pharmacy
- Guidance Document on Pharmacy Interoperability
- Guidance Document for Clinical Documentation of Social Determinants of Health SDOH Data for Pharmacists
- Use of HIEs to Access Clinical Information for COVID-19 Test to Treat Services
- Relative Value Units (RVUS): a Primer on Why They are Important to Pharmacists
- Identifying, Predicting, and Preventing Adverse Drug Events (ADEs): The Need for Standardized ADE Terminology, Coding, Documentation, and Consistent Clinical Usage in Electronic Health Records
- Why Standardized Codes to to Capture Discontinued Medication Reasons are Needed
- Optimized Clinical Decision Support (CDS) Using FHIR-Based CDS Hooks
- Guiding Principles for the Development and Use of Documentation and Billing Codes for Pharmacists’ Patient Care Services
The Pharmacy HIT Collaborative’s volunteer work groups help facilitate the Collaborative’s efforts, particularly in regards to our strategic plan. In 2025, Work Groups 1 & 2 have merged to become the Pharmacist Services Coding and Documentation Work Group. There are currently three work groups:
Pharmacist Services Coding and Documentation Work Group (CoDo)
2025 Description: The purpose of this work group is to provide guidance to adopt and implement existing and emerging standardized billing and documentation codes to capture pharmacist-provided patient care in an interoperable way.
- Chair – Jenny Arnold – Representing NASPA
- Vice Chair – Anne Burns – Representing APhA
- Staff Liaison – Lisa Schwartz – Representing NCPA
- Patty Lind – Representing APhA
- Maureen Sullivan – Representing APhA
- Brian Isetts – Representing APhA
- Dan Buffington – Representing APhA
- Dusty Allen – Representing APhA
- Zach Williams – Representing APhA
- Stuart Beatty – Representing APhA
- David Bright – Representing APhA
- Ivanne Chiovoloni – Representing APhA
- Sandra Leal – Representing APhA
- Heather Horton – Representing APhA
- Ralph Kalies – Representing ASCP
- Roua Dabal – Representing ASCP
- Barbara Zarowitz – Representing ASCP
- Susan Rhodus – Representing ASCP
- Derek Pinnell – Representing ASHP
- Mary Ann Kliethermes – Representing ASHP
- Ann Schwemm – Representing HOPA
- Kari Trapskin – Representing NASPA
- Laura Hanson – Representing NASPA
- David Pope – Representing NCPA
- Karen Eckert – Representing NCPDP
- Frank McKinney – Representing NCPDP
- Ross Pope – Representing Prescribery
- Charles Gedeon – Representing Prescribery
- Billy Chow – Representing Prescryptive
- Paige Clark – Representing Prescryptive
- Tony Little – Representing Prescryptive
- Allison Shuster – Representing Pfizer
- Holden Graves – Representing RedSail Technologies
- Jim Green – Representing Surescripts
- Shannon Reidt – Representing Surescripts
- Randy Craven – Representing Wellcare
- Sam Hodges – Representing Wellcare
- Anita Skaria – Representing Wellcare
- Aiya Almogaber – Observer
- Amos Fung – Observer
- Pam Schweitzer – Observer
- Jamie Wilkey – Observer
- Mary Ann Kliethermes – Observer
- Klodiana Myftari – Observer
- Shelly Spiro – Observer
Work Group 1 Documents
Relative Value Units (RVUS): a Primer on Why They are Important to Pharmacists (7/1/2022)
Guidance on Pharmacist eCare Plan (3/3/2020)
Guidance for Use of Transitional Care and Chronic Care Management CPT Codes (3/4/2019)
New Codes for Transitional Care Management (2/11/2014)
Work Group 2 Documents
Why Standardized Codes to to Capture Discontinued Medication Reasons are Needed (1/9/2022)
Environmental Scan of Pharmacogenomics Coding: Current Practice and Barriers (12/16/2020)
Guidance for Use of SNOMED CT in Transitions of Care Documentation (9/6/2016)
Implementing SNOMED CT in Practice: A Beginner’s Guide (5/27/2016)
Environmental Scan of Pharmacogenomics Coding: Current Practice and Barriers (6/1/2015)
Clinical Workflow, Artificial Intelligence, and Digital Innovation (CAD) Workgroup
2025 Description: The purpose of the Clinical Workflow, Artificial Intelligence, and Digital Innovation Work Group (CAD) is to improve quality patient care across the care continuum by leveraging digital innovation and artificial intelligence at the intersection of clinical workflows and electronic clinical standards (e.g., algorithmic clinical decision support (CDS), machine learning, augmented human intelligence, etc.) The Work Group assists the Collaborative with guidance to pharmacists and other key stakeholders about clinical aspects of e-prescribing, workflow related to the pharmacists’ patient care process, and digital health.
- Chair – Beth Breeden – Representing ASHP
- Vice Chair – Mark Baumgart – Representing ASHP
- Staff Liaison – TBD
- Clark Kebodeaux -Representing AACP
- Chuck Hennes – Representing AACP
- Kathy Vieson – Representing APhA
- Brian T. Henderson – Representing APhA
- Taylor Kravatz – Representing ASCP
- Samuel Ubanyionwu – Representing ASHP
- Suzanne Catalfomo – Representing ASHP
- Mary Ann Kliethermes – Representing ASHP
- Pooja Babbrah – Representing NCPDP
- Nishant Roa – Representing Prescribery
- Tony Little – Representing Prescryptive
- Paige Clark – Representing Prescryptive
- Allison Shuster – Representing Pfizer
- Randy Craven – Representing Wellcare
- Amos Fung – Observer
- Beth Brusig – Observer
- Pam Schweitzer – Observer
- Meghan Gabriel – Observer
- Shelly Spiro – Observer
- Sonya Zhan – Observer
- Mimi Baker – Observer
CAD Work Group 3 Documents
Artificial Intelligence Considerations for Pharmacy (10/28/2024)
Use of HIEs to Access Clinical Information for COVID-19 Test to Treat Services (10/13/2022)
Optimized Clinical Decision Support (CDS) Using FHIR-Based CDS Hooks (7/28/2021)
Integrating Pharmacists into Health Information Exchanges (2/9/2018)
Overview of Pharmacists’ Role of mHealth in Medication Adherence (7/11/2016)
*Update in Progress
System Vendor Checklist for Pharmacist Clinical Documentation Workflow (1/5/2015)
Integrating Pharmacists into Health Information Exchanges (8/22/2014)
Workflow of Pharmacist Clinical Documentation Process in Pharmacy Practice Settings (7/28/2014)
Pharmacy Systems Interoperability Work Group
2025 Description:
The Work Group assists the Collaborative with guidance to pharmacists and other key stakeholders about Health Information Exchanges (HIE’s), Qualified Health Information Networks (QHIN’s), interoperability, and clinical data exchange.
2025 Scope of Work:
- Develop guidance documents to educate pharmacists and other stakeholders on the value of their information technology (IT) teams and system vendors in adopting functionality of a certified pharmacist/pharmacy EHR to accomplish interoperability.
- Preparing clinical documentation within an EHR by pharmacists for interoperable exchange of clinical data for patient care, analytics, and clinical quality reporting.
- Supporting HL7 and NCPDP in evaluating and recommending changes to pharmacy EHR functional profiles, certification criteria and FHIR standards specific to community, ambulatory, and long term post-acute care settings as needed and other standard electronic related transactions.
- Chair – Richard Parrish – Representing USP
- Vice Chair – Cathy Graeff – Representing NACDS
- Staff Liaison – TBD
- Allen Nichol – Representing APhA
- Bill Lockwood – Representing APhA
- David Butler – Representing APhA
- Dusty Allen – Representing APhA
- Justin George – Representing APhA
- William A. Lockwood, Jr. – Representing APhA
- Gary Dighe – Representing ASCP
- Arnie Clayman – Representing ASCP
- Alexandria Hesketh – Representing ASHP
- Amy Pouillon – Representing ASHP
- Chip Stubsten – Representing ASHP
- Greg Milanich – Representing ASCP
- Hayden Pehl – Representing ASHP
- Hesham Mourad – Representing ASHP
- Joy Meier – Representing ASHP
- Leanne Murray – Representing ASHP
- Seth Cohen – Representing ASHP
- Shawn Matthew – Representing ASHP
- Tiffany Dinh – Representing ASHP
- Lauren Zion – Representing HOPA
- Tomson George – Representing NACDS
- Darren Townsend – Representing NACDS
- Jacqueline Estes – Representing NCPA
- Chris Smith – Representing NCPDP
- Pooja Babbrah – Representing NCPDP
- Scott Robertson – Representing NCPDP
- Allison Shuster – Representing Pfizer
- Tony Little – Representing Prescryptive
- Paige Clark – Representing Prescryptive
- Dao Ly – Representing RedSail Technologies
- Meg Murphy – Representing Surescripts
- Shannon Reidt – Representing Surescripts
- Sam Hodges – Representing Wellcare
- Amos Fung – Observer
- Joel Montavon – Observer
- Pam Schweitzer – Observer
- Marie Link – Observer
- Kayla Cierniak – Observer
- Shelly Spiro – Observer
- Sonya Zhan – Observer
Interoperability Work Group Documents
Guidance Document on Pharmacy Interoperability (8/12/2024)
Electronic Health Record Certification: Making the Pharmacists’ Case to System Vendors (10/21/2014)
Value Set Committee
2020 – 2022 Description: The Value Set Committee (VSC) is responsible for vetting and approving documentation codes and value sets for use in national electronic health information exchanges for the pharmacy profession. Value sets are lists of specific terms and their associated codes that describe clinical concepts for electronic health documentation. Value sets submitted and published through the National Library of Medicine’s (NLM) Value Set Authority Center (VSAC) are intended to represent federally recognized codes to be used as standards for electronic health documentation.
- Chair – Patty Lind – Representing PHIT
- Staff Liason – TBD
- Abby Kahaleh – Representing AACP
- Allen Stein – Representing Tabula Rasa
- Andrew Grothen – Representing NASPA
- Anthony Pudlo – Representing NASPA
- Nicole Hasson – Representing NASPA
- Brittany Melton – Representing AACP
- Jongwha Chang– Representing AACP
- Joshua Johnson- Representing APhA
- Katherine O’Neal – Representing AACP
- Laura Gianni- Representing APhA
- Laura Wiggins- Representing HOPA
- Kristina Hesse – Representing HOPA
- Mark Maneval- Representing APhA
- Michael Daly – Representing AACP
- Brian Fung- Representing ASHP
- Patrizia Taddei-Allen – Representing APhA
- Simon Anderegg – Representing Docstation
- Kim Roberts – Representing PHIT
Value Set Committee Documents
Implementing SNOMED CT in Practice: A Beginner’s Guide